Background
Strassmann, Joan Elizabeth was born on May 6, 1953 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Wolfgang Paul and Elizabeth Marsh (Fanck) Strassmann.
Strassmann, Joan Elizabeth was born on May 6, 1953 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Wolfgang Paul and Elizabeth Marsh (Fanck) Strassmann.
Bachelor of Science with distinction and honors in Zoology, University Michigan, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, Austin, 1979.
National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow University Texas, Austin, 1979—1980. Assistant professor, biology department Rice University, Houston, 1980-1985, associate professor, 1985-1993, professor, since 1993, chair, ecology and evolutionary biology department, since 2003, Harry C. & Olga K. Wiess professor ecology and evolutionary biology, since 2005. Field experience University Michigan Biological Station, 1972—1973, Costa Rica, 1974, Texas, since 1976, Venezuela, 1988—2001, Brazil, 1996—2000, Italy, since 1997, Southern Appalachians, since 2000.
Speaker in field.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Animal Behavior Society, American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member: Cambridge Entomological Society, Houston Philosophical Society, National Association Biology Teachers, National Center for Science Education, International Society Hymenopterists, International Union for the Study Social Insects (president, North America section 2001), American Society Microbiologists, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Society for the Study Evolution (councilor 2002-2004), American Society Naturalists, Associazione Italiana per to Studio degli Artopodi Sociali e Presociali (honorary), Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma XI.
Married William Mueller, December 29, 1976 (divorced August, 1986). Children: Anna Strassmann Mueller, Daniel Strassmann Mueller. Married David Charles Queller, January 2, 1988.
1child, Philip Strassmann Queller.